Thursday 24th January 2008

We only booked to stay one night in the Waterloo hostel and so we woke up this morning, had the free breakfast and then packed our bags to leave. When we were out and about yesterday we managed to find a nice hostel called the Summer Tavern (with really friendly hosts) and arranged to stay there. At about 11am we left the Waterloo and caught a taxi round. Our room was being cleaned when we arrived so we just sat and surfed the internet while we waited.

At just after 1pm we checked into our room and then went out for the day. The hostel is quite central so we took a walk down to Chinatown for a look around in the light. The place was absolutely packed and we thought we'd pop in to one of the little restaurants for some food. When we walked through the door, we were pounced on by three small women who were all waving menus in our faces. We thought that they were just really keen, but it turned out there were actually three places sharing the same space and they were fighting for our business. When we eventually ordered, we had some food from one place and drinks from another!

We had a good look round Chinatown - looking on all the stalls and at the different food before leaving and catching the MRT (train) over to the World famous Raffles Hotel. The train actually stopped in the shopping centre - so we had a look round there first. It was good fun and just like being at home, because Nikki bought two tops from River Island and I bought some Percy Pig sweets from Marks & Spencer! We eventually left and went over to the hotel where we looked round all the designer shops - like Louis Vuitton, where we drew some funny looks when we walked in wearing our shorts and flip-flops (it was like something out of Pretty Woman). Afterwards we found the lobby of the hotel and booked ourselves in for some afternoon tea - tomorrow at 3.30pm... yippee!

This evening we walked up to Little India to have a look around. When we got there we went into the Prince of Wales pub for some beers and watched some footie whilst chatting about our trip so far. Afterwards we walked the streets, which was great because they were filled with the great smells of Indian food. We found one small place and ended up sharing a beautiful curry. Tonight, we came back to the hostel and chilled out in the bar downstairs. Singapore's pretty cool actually!

Third night in Singapore, third different bed... I hope we like this one - I can't be bothered to move again!